PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES AMONG CHILD MOLESTERS

• NCJ Number: 40419
• Journal: Journal of Personality Assessment Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Dated: (1975) Pages: 591-593
• Author(s): C P MCCREARY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Society for Personality Assessment, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

STUDY COMPARING THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMP) PROFILES OF TWO GROUPS OF CHILD MOLESTERS IN ORDER TO ASSESS CERTAIN CLINICALLY DERIVED INFERENCES ABOUT THESE OFFENDERS.

Abstract

THE SAMPLE STUDIED CONSISTED OF 33 PERSONS CONVICTED OF CHILD MOLESTATION. FOR PURPOSES OF COMPARISON, THIS GROUP WAS DIVIDED, AND THOSE WITH NO PRIOR ARRESTS WERE CONTRASTED WITH THOSE WHO HAD ONE OR MORE PRIOR ARRESTS. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT THE GROUP WITH PRIOR ARRESTS SHOWED MORE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY THAN THE GROUP WITH NO PREVIOUS ARRESTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....KAP